Alaska history final exam questions and answers rated A+

Alaska history final exam questions and answers rated A+ As Europeans began to dominate the New World they viewed indigenous people as inferior to their superior ways The maritime explorations of the Europeans began in the 15th century due to new attitudes and technologies that grew out of the Renaissance period The work of George Steller, the Great Northern Expedition's naturalist: includes the descriptions of North America plants and animals, including the Blue Jay, Fur Seal, Sea Otter, Sea Lion, Sea Cow, and Eider and Spectacled Cormorant. Also, provided detailed descriptions of the fauna of the bering island, of which several were later hunted into extinction The Great Northern Expedition, also known as the second Kamchatka Expedition, is considered the most ambitious ever, due to the scope and achievement that occurred in the areas of geographic and scientific discoveries The first permanent Russian post in Alaska was established by: Gregorii Shelikhov on Kodiak Island in 1799, the Russian government established the Russian American company for the purpose of creating a monopoly that directed all Russian commercial activity in Alaska, dependent upon Alaska Natives for labor and supplies for economic profit The European countries of Spain, England and France competed with Russia in the control of Alaska, England's Captian cook made is first claim: in Cook Inlet, now called Point Possession The Russian religion, Russian Orthodox, was originally brought to Alaska Natives by Russian fur traders 1-1741 2-1778 3-1784 1- Bering's 2nd expedition reaches Alaska 2- Captain Cook explores Alaskan waters 3- Shelikhov established 1st permanent Russian settlement in Alaska 4- Russian-American Company chartered 5- Tlingit's destroy Russian fort at Sitka Who were the promyshlennik? Russian mountain men Tsar; Peter the Great The St. Paul and the St. Peter were captianed by Vitus Bering and Aleksei Cherikov A diet short of vitamin C causes scurvy, a problem with sailing during the days of First Contact Name at least one animal named after bioligist George Steller; sea cow, sea lion, steller jay Captain James Cooks' cartographer became famous in "The Mutiny on the Bounty" his name was William Bligh What is the name of Alaska's largest glacier? Malaspina and it's located in Yakutat Bay Who was the lord of Alaska? Baranov Who was the Governor of Russian Alaska Baranov Who was known as the "Apostle of Alaska"? Ivan Veniaminov Who was known as the "Innocent Bishop of Kamchatka"? Ivan Veniaminov Who wrote Moby dick? Herman Melville New Englanders who hunted whale in the Alaskan waters were known as Yankee Whalers immediately after the purchase of Alaska from Russia, from the form of government that existed was a district, excluding the original Native Alaskans from United States citizenship A change in the federal government's attention towards Alaska began with a plea by gold miners to legally stake their claims through land titles of mining claims Native people of Alaska that had "severed all tribal relationships and adopted the habits of civilized life" were recognized as citizens with the passage of Native Citizenship in law in 1915 The first elected governor of Alaska was William Egan What part of the Statehood Act generated the movement for the Native land claims the "Disclaimer Clause" what was the importance of the 1920 Mineral Leasing Act with regards to Alaska economy most lands with oil potential were re-opened to entry establishment of a leasing plan for coal, oil, and natural gas March 1968- 1 April 29 1974- 2 September 29 1974- 3 June 20 1977-4 July 28 1977 -5 August 1, 1977 -6 March 24 1989-7 April - oil discovered at Prudhoe Bay 2- Haul road construction begins 3- Haul road construction completed 4- first oil flows from pump station 1 5- first oil reached Valdez Marine Terminal 6- first oil-laden tanker (AROC Juneau) leaves Valdez Marine Terminal 7- Exxon Valdez oil spill 8- 13 billionth barrel reaches Valdez Marine Terminal What year did Prudhoe Bay's oil production peak, and at that time, how many million barrels of oil were being pumped per day? 1991, 2 million What is Beringia? the large area of lan that connected Northeastern Siberia, Interior Alaska, Northwest Canada during the Pleistocene ice age, which allowed hunters to migrate from Asia in search of game Why would General Billy Mitchell describe Alaska in the 1930's as the "center" of the world by the viewing the globe, General Mitchell saw that Alaska is centrally located to the major centers of Asia, Europe and North America What do the following locations have in common with each other; these places all share the Arctic Ocean and have similar environments and climates The approximate size of Alaska in square miles 589,000 sq miles Name the mountain range that has the highest mountains in Alaska Alaska Range Where are glaciers found in Alaska and why are they located there? In South central and Southeastern Mountains of the state, as there is enough moisture and cold temperatures to allow glaciers to survive 2 largest lakes in Alaska Illiamna and the Becharof Name 2 great river system of Alaska Yukon ans Kuskokwim 6 climates : Arctic - Barrow Eastern Maritime - Sitka Interior - Fairbanks South Central - Anchorage West Coast - Nome Western Alaska - Unalaska What is a Baidarka Canoe/Kayak The Tlingit, Haida and the Tsimshian are known as the people of the rainforest true What in Alaska is named after John Muir The Muir Glacier and its located in glacier bay What club is named after John Muir Sierra Club What 2 cities are known as the New Eldorados nome and fairbanks what river is the highway to the interior Yukon what is a Baedeker travel guide judge James wickersham was elected in 1908 and instituted the home rule act of 1912 who was alaska first women graduate of the university of alaska Margaret murie who made up the alaska syndicate J.P Morgan and the Guggenheim brothers what 3 major things did they control Kennecot Copper Mine and Railroads and ships Nametwo early Alaskan bush pilots Ben Eielson and George Huburt who was the first pilot to land on a glacier Joe Crosson What happened to Ben Eielson and his mechanic they wrecked and froze to death WW2 was known to Alaskans as the Thousand mile war What 2 islands were taken over by the Japanese in WW2 Attu and Kiska in 1942 what president authorized the construction of the Alaskan highway Franklin D Roosevelt The road spanned ___ hundred miles between ____ 1,400 , Dawson Creek British Columbia and Delta-Junction, Alaska what are the 2 main reasons Alaska was not granted statehood prior to 1959 too little population and salmon canneries Bob Bartlett and Earnest Gruening - Led to the battle in Washington for statehood the Tennessee plan was used to persuade Congress to adopt Alaska as a state Secretary of state ___ predicted in Sitka, in 1869, that Alaska would have to be admitted as 6 smaller states William Seward The valley of 10 thousand smoked is now known as Katmai National Park What major event took place on Good Friday, march 27 1964 earthquake The Athapaskan name for McKinley is Denali Denali trasnlates to The high one in English The sourdough expedition was the first to reach the summit of Denali, although it was on the shorter side of Denali's 2 peaks. later Hudson Stuck submitted the peak officially who is known as Alaskas painter Sydney Laurence how many families were originally brought to the Mat-su ? 202 Joe reddington was the winner of the first iditorad false what year was the first official Iditarod, which celebrated Alaska's centennial of Alaska;s purchase, not the serum run of The original serum run started in Nenana and ended in Nome What year was the outbreak of diphtheria which prompted the first serum run? 1925 name the 5 salmon king sockeye silver pink chum Alaska Big strike came in 1968 in prudhoe bay who was alaska first Territorial Governor and who appointed him John Henry Kinkead appointed by Chester A. 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